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Watch runners in this race stop to say thanks to a veteran

By Staff, San Jose Mercury News

Posted:
03/05/2014 07:54:18 AM MST

Runners in an annual race in San Jose, Calif. took a spontaneous detour to thank a World War II veteran watching the event in uniform.

Joe Bell, 95, had come out on the drizzly morning to cheer on the runners in the 8-kilometer race. The event's charity partner, Pat Tillman Foundation, funds scholarships for military veterans and their spouses. The runners, in turn, showed their appreciation for Bell's long-ago service, detouring from the course to shake his hand.

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